[Solved] American patriot Ethan Allen is a co-founder of what U.S. state?

Trivia: American patriot Ethan Allen is a co-founder of what U.S. state?

New York
Vermont
Florida
Ohio

The correct answer is Vermont

So why is this answer correct? : A soldier and frontiersman, Ethan Allen was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys, a patriot militia who famously captured Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York in May 1775 — more than a year before the Declaration of Independence. However, during the majority of the war, Allen toiled to secure the future of Vermont, a French portmanteau of “vert” (green) and “mont” (mountains).

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